SAFF Club Championship

This article is about the men tournament. For the women's tournament, see SAFF Women's Club Championship.

Association football tournament in South Asia

Football tournament

SAFF Club ChampionshipOrganising body| SAFF

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Founded| 2026 (Estimated)
Region| South Asia
Number of teams| 8 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Website| https://saffederation.org/

The SAFF Club Championship also known as South Asian Football League is a proposed premier men's football club tournament in South Asia. It is proposed to be organized by the South Asian Football Federation and will be open to clubs representing its seven members. The first edition was expected to be held in 2024 was postponed to 2026.[1]

## History

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SAFF president Kazi Salahuddin wanted to create a regional club competition since he was first elected to the position in 2009. For over a decade, the plan was stalled because of lack of sponsors and enough support for such a league.[2] In May 2023, it was announced following the federation's Ordinary Congress in Dhaka, Bangladesh that the competition would likely be held for the first time in 2024.[3] All seven member associations agreed on its creation and to participate in the first edition of the tournament. It was planned that each member association would receive one spot in the competition, with the All India Football Federation granted two spots as the highest-ranked member, for a total of eight participants.[4]

Originally, it was proposed that the tournament would be held in a centralized format over two weeks. However, it was then amended to a home-and-away format at the request of India. It was imagined as being played over six or seven months during the domestic league seasons.[4]

## Qualification of Clubs

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List of SAFF Club Championship Clubs  country  | clubs

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India  | 2
Bangladesh  | 1
Nepal  | 1
Pakistan  | 1
Bhutan  | 1
Sri Lanka  | 1
Maldives  | 1

## Results and statistics

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List of SAFF Club Championship finals  Year  | Home team  | Score  | Away team

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2026 |  | –  |

## See also

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* ASEAN Club Championship
* CAFA Silk Way Cup
* Marianas Club Championship
* Mekong Club Championship

## References

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1. ^ "SAFF Club Cup tournament likely from early 2024". The Bangladesh Post. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
2. ^ "First-ever SAFF Club C'ship likely next year". New Age. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
3. ^ "SAFF announces start of club championship from next year". Dawn. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
4. ^ a b Mukherjee, Sayan (17 May 2023). "SAFF mulls home and away system for its inaugural club championship". News 9. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

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